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#1 PlasticSoul

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Posted 14 February 2018 - 08:33 PM

It won't affect me financially at all since it was something I sculpted a long time ago as part of a project with other people but it still sucks. Basically someone in China who hates MutantVinylHardcore(one of the most popular vinyl makers)decided to bootleg all of his toys. When I say bootleg I don't mean taking his vinyl and making resin copies. I mean taking his vinyl figures and remolding them in an actual factory to produced their own vinyl figures. They have done it to at least half a dozen of his figures already and are moving onto other artists as well. My sculpted tomato head was used once as a head for one of his figures so they bootlegged the head along with several other heads. They charge close to the retail price of the real toys so over 200 bucks a pop. You'd think bootlegs would be cheaper but they are going for maximum profit it seems. So buyer beware I guess.  If you come across a deal too good to be true you can ask here and I'll try my best to help. 

 

 

 

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#2 stoffhimel

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Posted 14 February 2018 - 09:18 PM

That's terrible!


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Posted 14 February 2018 - 10:07 PM

That's terrible!

 

I am pretty amazed by how much stuff they are bootlegging.

 

Look at the sale page...

 

https://www.instagra...ag_mvh_hs_sale/

 

Guessing they are paying the lowest price possible for the molds they would still probably be 50 to 100 thousand dollars deep at this point. It could easily be even more. 


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Posted 14 February 2018 - 11:13 PM

Here's hoping they lose it all...


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Posted 15 February 2018 - 03:53 AM

I think that the toy sphere is aware enough to not buy from this kind of seller but it's cheaper so bootleggers will always win.
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Posted 15 February 2018 - 07:09 AM

you need to bootleg your own stuff, if they are gonna make this much money. you think production costs wouldnt make it worth it


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Posted 15 February 2018 - 07:15 AM

That sucks, but wear it as a badge of honor. You've crossed into a brand new catagory of creator.

 

And bootlegging your own stuff doesn't sound crazy to me. Could you undercut the bootleggers? Even a small run would be kind of cool. It might be the coolest way to help remind people not to buy bootlegs.


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Posted 15 February 2018 - 09:24 AM

I wonder if they take counterfeit yuan for their counterfeit vinyls? :lol:
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Posted 15 February 2018 - 02:24 PM

That sucks, but wear it as a badge of honor. You've crossed into a brand new catagory of creator.

 

And bootlegging your own stuff doesn't sound crazy to me. Could you undercut the bootleggers? Even a small run would be kind of cool. It might be the coolest way to help remind people not to buy bootlegs.

 

I actually really like that idea but since it was a collaboration project I don't have the rights to just do it myself.

 

If I could I would just make a run of 20 and do a big giveaway for people here and on IG. 

 

Luckily I have a few other toys being made just for me that I can play around with like that later this year. 


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Posted 15 February 2018 - 04:56 PM

When this happen to me and one of my printed balloon designs - I was basically told by the distributor that "Now I've made it".  Highest form of flattery my ass.  Sorry it happened to you, dude!

 

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Posted 16 February 2018 - 03:48 AM

It's probably synchronicity because my gf just discovered a shaddy website presumably selling one of her product for an insane price, and an other website that have stolen one of her design to put on a tshirt.
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Posted 16 February 2018 - 09:41 AM

I actually really like that idea but since it was a collaboration project I don't have the rights to just do it myself.

 

Could you reach out to MutantVinylHardcore? I have to imagine they're not happy about it either. They might like the idea.


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Posted 16 February 2018 - 03:09 PM

Could you reach out to MutantVinylHardcore? I have to imagine they're not happy about it either. They might like the idea.


MVH absolutely hates this guy. With a passion.
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Posted 17 February 2018 - 12:14 PM

the instagram is dead. no more sale page. someone came down on them. hard.

 

you out lasted them.


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